Although I had my heart set on some dark taupe color, the real color is simply gorgeous. And it goes with eeehveerryyythiing.

Hold it up against any color and it looks good. Look at it in the light of your MacBook and it looks good. See it in the sunlight on your steering wheel and it looks good. It's like a combination of that Willy Wonka lickable wallpaper and a cameleon. I'm loving this intensely.

20100106 UPDATE: This polish does not last very long before chipping -- about 1 day. After some investigation, I found this comment from the Art of Beauty website:

MATTEVELVET nail color by Zoya is not intended to be worn with a base coat, top coat or speed dryer of any kind. Due to the unique matte formulation, color is not as long wearing as traditional nail color. A completely clean, dry nail surface yields the best results for matte nail color wear.

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Basho is my 12-year old indestructable beagle. He has not changed his behavior since he was a puppy. He has survived eating rat poison, a bunch of ibuprofen, an entire bag of Hershey's kisses (including the foil) and ~18 months ago, an entire bar of 70% cocoa chocolate. He did not have a moment of distress on any of these occasions -- except when his owner induced vomitting, took him to the animal ER or disturbed his sleep.